Blurb:The Platform Edge is a collection of the greatest stories of strange happenings on the tracks.In this express service into the unknown, passengers join the jostling of the daily commute, a subway car disappears into another dimension without a trace, while a tragic derailment on a lonely hillside in the Alps torments the locals with its nightly repetition.From the open railways of Europe and America to the pressing dark of the London Underground, The Platform Edge is the perfect travelling companion for unforgettable journeys into the supernatural.

Blurb:The Dead Letters Office: the final repository of the undelivered. Love missives unread, gifts never received, lost in postal limbo. Dead Letters: An Anthology features new stories from the masters of horror, fantasy and science fiction, each inspired by an object from the Dead Letters Office.

Epilogue
Blurb:In the Library of the Damned, hidden away amongst that vast depository of ancient wisdom, there exists a certain bookcase where the most decadent, the most blasphemous of tomes sit upon a dusty shelf. And amongst those titles that should never be named, there is one volume that is he most terrible, the most hideous of them all. That book is the very Lexicon of Fear itself. But, long ago, some of its pages were ripped from the binding and spirited away by a lowly student of the ancient science of Horrorology, determined that one day the secrets contained therein would be shared with the world. And now that day has come. These are the words that comprise the very language of horror itself, and the tales they tell are not for the fainthearted. But be warned: once you have read them, there is no turning back. Soon, you too will know the true meanings of fear . . .

Illustration: Alan LeeStephen Jones – Introduction: Don’t Scare The Children The Wilful Child Ramsey Campbell – Find My Name The Singing Bone Neil Gaiman – Down To A Sunless Sea Rapunzel Tanith Lee – Open Your Window, Golden Hair The Hare’s Bride Garth Nix – Crossing The Line Hansel And Gretel Robert Shearman – Peckish The Three Little Men In The Wood Michael Marshall Smith – Look InsideThe Story Of A Youth Who Went Forth To Learn What Fear Was Markus Heitz – Fraulein Fearnot Cinderella Christopher Fowler – The Ash-Boy The Elves #1 Brian Lumley – The Changeling The Nixie Of The Mill-Pond Reggie Oliver – The Silken DrumThe Robber Bridegroom Angela Slatter – By The Weeping Gate Frau Trude Brian Hodge – Anything To Me Is Sweeter, Than To Cross Shock-Headed Peter The Elves #2 Peter Crowther – The Artemis Line The Old Woman In The Wood Joanne Harris – The Silken People Rumpelstiltskin John Ajvide Lindqvist – Come Unto Me The Shroud

Blurb:In 1884 Margaret Hunt’s translation of the Brothers Grimm’s Kinder- und Hausmärchen was published as Grimm’s Household Tales—and since that day those stories have inspired writers, artists, poets, songwriters, playwrights and movie-makers the world over. Now, following in the grand tradition of the Brothers Jacob and Wilhelm, some of today’s finest fantasy and horror writers have created their own brand-new fairy tales-but with a decidedly darker twist. Fearie Tales is a fantastical mix of spellbinding retellings of classic stories such as ‘Cinderella’, ‘Rapunzel’, ‘Hansel and Gretel’ and ‘Rumpelstiltskin’, amongst others, along with unsettling tales inspired by other childhood classics, all interspersed with the sources of their inspiration: the timeless stories first collected by the Brothers Grimm. These modern masterpieces of the macabre by Neil Gaiman, Garth Nix, Ramsey Campbell, Joanne Harris, Markus Heitz, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Angela Slatter, Michael Marshall Smith and many others, are illuminated by Oscar-winning artist Alan Lee, who has also provided the magnificent cover painting. But be warned: this stunning volume of frightening fables is definitely not suitable for children!

Blurb:The Gothic is the most enduring.literary tradition in history, but in recent years friendly ghosts and vegetarian vampires threaten its foundations. The New Gothic is a collection of short stories which revisits the core archetypes of the Gothic – the rambling, secret-filled building, the stranger seeking answers, the black-hearted tyrant – and reminds us not to embrace, but to fear the darkness.

A dozen tales of terror fill this anthology including an original, never-before-seen story from the godfather of modem horror, Ramsey Campbell.

We still have a few vacant slots so, should you wish to contribute, you can email dem at whitechapelgothicAtgmail.com. ASAP! Please name message ‘Vault Advent Calendar’ or similar so as not to confuse my spam filter. Remember – it’s short proper horror supernatural fiction we’re after, not 2 million page novels.

Kim Newman – Who Dares Wins: Anno Dracula 1980 Neil Gaiman – Click-Clack The Rattlebag Nicholas Royle – Dead End Daniel Mills – Isaac’s Room Angela Slatter – The Burning Circus Ramsey Campbell – Holes For Faces Joel Lane – By Night He Could Not See Reggie Oliver – Come Into My Parlour Michael Chislett – The Middle Park Simon Kurt Unsworth – Into The Water Lynda E. Rucker – The Burned House Lavie Tidhar – What do we Talk About When We Talk About Z— Halli Villegas – Fishfly Season Tanith Lee – Doll Re Mi Clive Barker – A Night’s Work Robert Shearman – The Sixteenth Step Simon Strantzas – Stemming The Tide Michael Marshall Smith – The GistThana Niveau – Guinea Pig Girl Kim Newman – Miss Baltimore Crabs: Anno Dracula 1990 Stephen Volk – Whitstable
Blurb:The World’s Leading Annual Showcase of Horror and Dark Suspense Celebrates 25 Years. For a quarter of a century, this multiple award-winning annual selection has showcased some of the very best, and most disturbing, short stories and novellas of horror and the supernatural. As always, this landmark volume features superior fiction from such masters of the genre and newcomers in contemporary horror. With an in-depth Introduction covering the year in horror, a fascinating Necrology and a unique contact directory, The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror remains the world’s leading anthology dedicated solely to presenting the very best in modern horror.

Blurb:IS THIS THE END . . . OR JUST THE BEGINNING? Human Reanimation Virus (HRV) has spread around the globe and most of the major cities have fallen or been destroyed. As a new race of intelligent zombies rise to power, the remaining pockets of human resistance make a last, desperate stand in the ruins of a world on the brink of unimaginable change. With the final pieces of the epic puzzle falling into place, a centuries-old Endgame is revealed through interconnected emails, articles, reports, diaries and eyewitness accounts, as past and future hang in the balance. In this third and final volume of the original best-selling Zombie Apocalypse! trilogy, Thomas Moreby’s plan for world domination is finally revealed in all its mad glory, as the very fabric of time and space is ripped apart and history itself is about to be changed forever . . .